Gimboa Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Sonangol
• Country: Angola
• Location: 85 km offshore the Angolan cost, in the block 4
• Production start: 2009
• Partners:
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• The Gimboa project consists of three production and four water injection subsea wells, clustered around a central manifold and tied-back to a floating production storage and offloading unit, the Gimboa FPSO

+++ Contractors

• **Saipem:** Contract for the provision and management of a FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) vessel
• **Aker Kvaerner:** Project management, engineering, manufacturing, testing, delivery and installation support for the Gimboa subsea production system
• **Technip:** engineering, procurement, fabrication, testing, installation and pre-commissioning of:
  • one production and one water injection flexible flowlines
  • one gas lift flexible pipe,
  • one service umbilical,
  • associated flexible risers system, and
  • flexible well jumpers

+++ History

• 2004 - Gimboa Oil Field discovered
• 2006 - Sonangol signed a contract with Aker Kvaerner for supply of the subsea production system
• 2006 - Saipem awarded FPSO contract
• 2007 - Additional reserves discovered
• 2009 - First production

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. Aker Kvaerner awarded subsea contract with Sonangol
2. Technip awarded contract from Sonangol for the Gimboa field project in Angola
3. Saipem awarded a new contract worth USD 570 million in offshore Angola
4. Additional reserves in block 4/05 offshore Angola